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<h1 class="topictitle1">Step 5: Performing Backup</h1>
<div><p>Before performing backup, you need to associate the resources to be protected with a specified SLA. The system protects the resources and periodically executes backup jobs based on the SLA. You can perform a backup job immediately through manual backup.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Precautions</h4><ul><li>During the execution of a manual backup job, the parameters (except <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Automatic Retry</strong></span></b></span>) defined in the SLA, such as <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Rate Limiting Policies</strong></span></b></span> and <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Automatic Indexing</strong></span></b></span>, will take effect.</li><li>Copies generated by manual backup are retained for the duration defined in the SLA.</li></ul>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol72431342173117"><b><span id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text152438422312"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; File Systems &gt; NDMP</b></span>.</span></li><li><span>In the row of the target NDMP NAS file system, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Protect</strong></span></b></span>.</span><p><p>To perform backup for a file directory, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b>File Directory</b></span>. In the row of the target file directory, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b>More &gt; Protect</b></span>.</p>
</p></li><li><span>Select an SLA.</span><p><div class="p" id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_p16181740836">You can also click <span class="uicontrol" id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_uicontrol169554520714"><b><span id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_text179554516717"><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span> to create an SLA.<div class="note" id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_note25947145710"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_p125947145711"><span id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_ph1413818422327">If a WORM policy has been configured for the resources to be protected, select an SLA without a WORM policy to avoid WORM policy conflicts.</span></p>
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</p></li><li><span>Select the agent host.</span><p><p>By default, the built-in agent is selected. If an external agent exists, you can also select the external agent.</p>
</p></li><li><span>Enter the files or directories to be filtered.</span><p><div class="note"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p>The entered names of files or directories to be filtered during backup must meet the following requirements:</p>
<ul><li>Complete paths are not allowed.</li><li>The asterisk (*) is a wildcard, which must be the first or last character of a file name or directory name.</li><li>Each character string can contain a maximum of two asterisks (*).</li><li>If a file name or directory name contains commas, ensure that a backslash (\) precedes each comma.</li><li>A maximum of 32 names are allowed.</li><li>A single file name or directory name can contain a maximum of 255 characters.</li></ul>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Advanced parameters of NDMP NAS file system protection</caption><colgroup><col style="width:26.009999999999998%"><col style="width:73.99%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.009999999999998%" id="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.2.2.3.1.1"><p>Parameter</p>
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<tbody><tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="26.009999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><div class="p"><strong id="nas_s_0017_0__vmware_gud_0028_0_b1822015259583">Auto Indexing of Backup Copies</strong><div class="note" id="nas_s_0017_0__vmware_gud_0028_0_note17447255201"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p id="nas_s_0017_0__vmware_gud_0028_0_vmware_gud_0028_0_p168431642184919">Only 1.6.0 and later versions support this parameter.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="73.99%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><div class="p">After this function is enabled, you can search for files, directories, or links in copies.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>Indexes occupy backup storage space. If the number of index files in the system exceeds 1 billion, perform operations by referring to "Failed to Create a Copy Index" in the <i><cite>OceanProtect DataBackup 1.5.0-1.6.0 Troubleshooting</cite></i>.</p>
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</p></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol" id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_uicontrol23691650677"><b>OK</b></span>.</span><p><p id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_en-us_topic_0000001656691397_p25041111535">If the current system time is later than the start time of the first backup specified in the SLA, you can select <strong id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_b9624185216713">Execute manual backup now</strong> in the dialog box that is displayed or choose to perform automatic backup periodically based on the backup policy set in the SLA.</p>
</p></li><li><span>Perform manual backup.</span><p><p>If you want to execute a backup job immediately, perform manual backup through the following operations. Otherwise, skip this step.</p>
<ol type="a"><li>In the row of the target NDMP NAS file system, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span></b></span>.<div class="note"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><ol><li>You can select multiple resources to perform manual backup in batches. Select multiple resources and choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span></b></span> in the upper left corner of the page.</li></ol>
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</li><li>Set the name of the copy generated by the manual backup.<div class="p">If this parameter is left unspecified, the system sets the name to <strong>backup_</strong><em>Timestamp</em> by default.<div class="note"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p><span id="nas_s_0017_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_ph19374310343">For 1.6.0 and later versions, if the selected protection policy is different from that configured in the associated SLA, the WORM configuration does not take effect.</span></p>
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</li><li>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>OK</strong></span></b></span>.</li></ol>
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